This Boy's Life (1993)
A true story based on the award-winning book by Tobias Wolff.
When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.
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Robert De Niro
Dwight Hansen
Leonardo DiCaprio
Tobias Wolff
Ellen Barkin
Caroline Wolff Hansen
Chris Cooper
Roy
Jonah Blechman
Arthur Gayle
Eliza Dushku
Pearl
Carla Gugino
Norma
Gerrit Graham
Mr. Howard
Tobey Maguire
Chuck Bolger
Tracey Ellis
Kathy
Robert Zameroski
Arch Cook
Kathy Kinney
Marian
Keywords
AlcoholicComing of ageCar mechanic1950sJealousySeattleSingle parentStep fatherOppressionSeattle, usaStepfatherSeattle, washington
